Lewis H. Lapham Quotes
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I like to dress for my body type and for my coloring.
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Hip-hop is rich in musical allusion. It takes something that already existed, respects it, and reuses it.
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I don't feel I'm qualified to be a coach outside the high school level. I think I would need to do more education to really be a good coach.
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When history is erased, people's moral values are also erased.
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Always remember: My general theme is 'There is no message.' There never has been. Stop trying to find the message or the meaning in everything. That's. My. Theme.
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At the end of the day, every decision I make about my music is about creating a collective.
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History is the present. That's why every generation writes it anew. But what most people think of as history is its end product, myth.
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I was the first actress who branded her own line at a time when everyone just lent their name to a product. Everyone said I shouldn't do it, but it was probably the best thing I've ever done.
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The truth is that technology is only valuable if it helps you run your organization better.
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I love parties. I love a good time.
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Your best teacher is your last mistake.
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After I lost my fiance, it seemed like it would be better to always be alone than to risk being hurt again.
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I do hope the success of 'Ms. Marvel' will open doors for other characters and other creators.
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I've done all these historical epics and chivalrous roles, but there's an odder, quirkier side to me that nobody knows about.
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When you're lucky enough to get paid a nice chunk of change to write a movie or a TV show, you have no right to complain, really. I guess it's more of an appeal to the powers that be that the less they interfere, the more likely, actually, they are to get something that works, I think.
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I try to get them to remember that they're not just athletes, but student-athletes.
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I have like 20 snap-up shirts in my closet, and I never, never would have thought before FNL would I have had that.
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There are thoughts which are prayers. There are moments when, whatever the posture of the body, the soul is on its knees.
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It would be naïve to imagine that any analysis of experience is dependent on pattern expressed in language. Any concept, whether or not it forms part of the system of grammatical categories, can be conveyed in any language. If a notion is lacking in a given series, it implies a different configuration and not a lack of expressive power.
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There is nothing wrong with your marriage if you're dealing with bills and kids and the broken garbage disposal and in-laws and work demands. That's a normal marriage.
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Pessimism is a leaden weight around the feet. Defeat is always self-chosen.
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In homes, a haunted apparatus sleeps,That snores when you pick it up.If the ghost cries, they carry itTo their lips and soothe it to sleepWith sounds. And yet, they wake it upDeliberately, by tickling with a finger.
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As women, I think it helps that we are complex creatures by nature so just being a woman helps to understand a woman's journey.
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Power broken into a thousand pieces can be hidden and disowned.
